I was driving along Almaden Road this morning and saw the site of the former Club Lanai where my parents used to go dancing in the 1950s. I decided to look online to see if any information was available.

Aloha. Welcome to TC Haunted_Howlie. I am a Big Enchanted Tiki Room merchandise fan. I am hoping to come in June. Tell us a little more about yourself. Are you into the Disney Tiki seeing as you are so close? Do you frequent Trader Sam's?

Been trolling for a while doing research for my authentic Tiki bar going up this spring/summer. Figured it was time to introduce myself and give a thanks to all of you for creating and contributing to such a wonderful resource.

I've been lurking here off and on for several years. I'm in the Salem, OR area but often hang out in PDX. I know some of you and have bought things from several of you. Currently working on a portable tiki bar (to go with our mimsy tiki pirate bar) nothing as grand as the tiki at Burning Man, Shipwreck Bar. Just something to transport to Sea Dogs and friend's back yards.

Hello from Orange, CA!! I'm new to TC and fairly new to the wonderful world of Tiki. We had our first Tiki Party last year and I can't stop thinking about Tiki now!! Awesome to see a site dedicated to amazing group of tiki artists, enthusiasts and collectors.

Welcome new members and lurkers. Here's a few unspoken rules on Tiki Central so you don't get your feelings hurt and stop posting when somebody corrects you.

The SEARCH function is your friend, use it often and always use it before posting a new thread topic, because many times your subject has been discussed previously on TC.

Some Tiki Central people have a dry or sarcastic sense of humor that sometimes comes across more of an attack, so have a thick skin and/or ignore them. If they bug you, send them a PM rather than fighting on the thread and derailing it. If that doesn't work, contact a TC administrator and they will help fix the situation. We try to be nice here, but sometimes an attempt at humor doesn't always come across as that.

Your first post was in the introduction thread----that was good.
Your first post is about selling your stuff----that was bad.
Your first post should be in this thread introducing yourself. Your second post should either be in Tiki Carving showing your carvings or in Tiki Marketplace with your ebay listing. People here don't appreciate when somebody just jumps on here and the first thing they say is, "buy my stuff" before introducing themselves.

Post these in the carving thread and you'll get compliments and helpful critiques . Just jump in to try and sell stuff and you'll get your hand slapped.

Aloha New members. Listen to GROG. He knows what he's talking about. Follow those rules and you will be trouble free.
_________________A.K.A THE MADMAN!! Long live the TIKI-TI. I'll have another green lizard please!

Thanks for the etiquette lession Grog. Wish I would have seen it earlier. I went ahead and removed my post offering my wife and son for sale/trade/BO. They both like Tiki so I thought it would be kosher, my bad. I'll wait till I get a couple more post under by belt before I put them back up, pics coming.

Aloha all!
I have been perusing these forums for several months now, and even posted a couple things; but figured I should introduce myself.

I think I've always had an attraction to Tiki stuff, and perhaps it started from (what some here view as not 'Real Tiki' ) Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. I think I also like the mid century vibe and mourn the loss of so many architectural treasures in the name of progress. This web site has helped me discover some of the remaining Tiki Treasures, and to uncover historic places I didn't even know about. I love all the Urban Archeology going on here.

I also am inspired by all the creative things going on amongst the Tiki Centralites. Home Bar projects, carving, and other crafts. So Awesome!

Just had to drop a 20 foot queen and am going to try my hand at creating a few tikis with the 4ft pieces I saved. It's been over 30 years since I carved anything... So I'm here to learn and ask.

I tried looking for a few answers and didnt find anything that dealt with my q's... Specifically, I know it is customary to strip the bark off the logs; is that best done now while still "green"? Also, after stripping bark, is it better to dive right in, or let the wood dry and cure? If so, how long?